SplunkConf

#SplunkConf 2015 has 4,000 attendees, 10X 2014, & 55 partners co-sponsoring it. Splunk CMS Steve Sommer @steve94304 on #theCUBE.

Splunk started as log analysis tool. Now users have dramatically increased the variety of data they put into it. They get real value using Splunk as a solution for specific problems - Splunk CMO Steve Sommer #steve94304 on #theCUBE

new trend #ITSI IT Service Intelligence not to be confused with #ITSM

Splunk creating a new approach for service monitoring around the data & analytics. Splunk CMO Steve Sommer @steve94304 on #theCUBE.

interesting area seems boring but really important and profitable is IT troubleshooting and monitoring and deliver a complete solution for IT pros and CIOs

Customers are facing a lot of challenges – software defined everything, network storage, hybrid infrastructure. We’re there to make it easy. Splunk CMO Steve Sommer @steve94304 on #theCUBE from #SplunkConf 2015

@furrier companies trying to move from "avoid failures" to "reduce/eliminate" downtime. better monitoring needed. big part of the DevOps space and Cloud Native apps.

. @bgracely totally agree the mgt space is key.. we have lots of their customers coming on feel free to ask us questions

How does Splunk reconcile the increase in new sources and volumes of data with their message of "only collect the important stuff?" Their tech doesn't allow for that kind of ubiquity across the org. Always been an issue with them!

Top two conversations in security for SVP Security at most companies 1) malware in apps and 2) phishing

. @esammer thanks for question @ggilbert41 is here too so we will ask that.. nice one Eric

@esammer asking this question now to a customer

10x 2014? That must be a mistake. Their own prospectus says 2014 had 2600 folks: https://conf.splunk....

@esammer says " @furrier @ggilbert41 I wonder how that message resonates with their customers whose queries don't return in time but costs keep increasing"

" @esammer said 8m8 minutes ago " @furrier @ggilbert41 I think we get Splunk's position, but our experience says customers may need a different solution. "

@dberkholz what was a mistake?

@furrier "2015 has 4,000 attendees, 10X 2014" - 4000 attendees is more like 1.5x 2014.

@dberkholz I think he meant 10x from the original Splunk conf I'm guessing but yes it's not 10x from last year

@esammer Agree. Rocana, TIBCO Loglogic, Elastic all show up in Blue Hill's community as cost-effective ways to replace or augment Splunk

.@bgracely Agreed - "better monitoring needed." Rocana +others that do it better: http://ow.ly/Sx0Yl

This was followed by #2 Workflow Optimization & #3 Risk Management

Data Torrent *by far* was the most cited near real-time analytics tool in use for #bigdata apps - followed by Spark Streaming, Storm and Samza

This is a survey of 300 big data practitioners...67% Director level or above...80% co's w/ GT 1K employees

60% of the respondents are using Hadoop

2/3rds of respondents *are paying* for Hadoop - way up from last year

Maybe we should organize a CrowdChat on the results with you and some of the other Wikibon analysts.

Yes these are fresh off the press and @ggilbert41 will be presenting the results next week at Strata and #BigDataNYC

The event collector is very nice. That’s a big improvement. And the things we just did making the product more enterprise ready. That was a big V 6.3 story. Splunk SVP Guido Schroeder on #theCUBE

head of product Guido Schroeder talking about how successful his team has been. Amazing job really

Splunk now releasing new releases on a quarterly basis - a new announcement today on @thecube

We have much better insight into what customers are doing, where they are struggling and need help from us. We are moving to a quarterly release cadence. #Splunk SVP Guido Schroeder on #theCUBE

Syncsort pulls security data from mainframes into Splunk’s log analytics platform http://siliconangle....

role of the product company is to ship product says Guido Splunk SVP Product

Splunk's a product company at heart and the success is do to great leadership like Guido and the executive team. A world class mgt team

@furrier you'd hope so

@dahowlett the minute they move to being more solutions vs product they might be in trouble; don't see that yet

@dahowlett solutions comes from product so splunks efforts on solutions is enabled by the product; SAP is an example of more solutions than product imo

We’ve never seen this level of activity ever. Security teams are overwhelmed. Companies are looking for anything that can help. Atif Ghauri on #theCUBE

in security there is no defense; best practice is to assume penetration and use data to identify and secure

security problems come from "bad code" not so much hardware says security guru

blame all the security issues today to the software developers :-)

Unfortunately the good guys are definitely loosing. Most companies are like a child on a trike with a squirt gun. They don’t have a defense. Atif Ghauri on #theCUBE

Randsomware is a big problem - eg cryptolocking up your data then hold it hostage - wtf wow

We are coming to the point where security breaches could lead to deaths, whether a car that crashes or an energy generator that is compromised. When that happens companies will start seeing security as safety. Atif Ghauri on #theCUBE

Splunk is in a good position because it’s a platform. With Splunk we get more into anomaly detection rather than profiles. Atif Ghauri on #theCUBE

More than 800 partners participating at #SplunkConf 2015. More than 60 partners with kiosks in the pavilion. Splunk Global Channels VP Emilio Umeoka @eumeoka on #theCUBE

Building the partner capacity model has been a key for us
- @eumeoka f/ #Splunk on #theCUBE

Clear rules of engagement are a key part of our third pillar, building trust
- @eumeoka f/ #Splunk on #theCUBE

The market becomes very broad when we're talking about things like IoT
- @eumeoka f/ #Splunk on #theCUBE

Clear rules of engagement is an important part of building trust. Splunk Global Channels VP Emilio Umeoka @eumeoka on #theCUBE

Partners are really stepping up
- @eumeoka f/ #Splunk on #theCUBE